March is the third month of the year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. It is one of seven months that are 31 days long. In the Northern Hemisphere, the meteorological beginning of spring occurs on the first day of March. The March equinox on the 20th or 21st marks the astronomical beginning of spring in the Northern Hemisphere and the beginning of autumn in the Southern Hemisphere, where September is the seasonal equivalent of the Northern Hemisphere for March.
March symbols: The birthstones of March are aquamarine and bloodstone. These stones symbolize courage. Its birth flower is the daffodil. The zodiac signs for the month of March are Pisces (until March 20) and Aries (March 21 onwards).
Historical Events for March, 1851
Day of Week 11th » The first performance of 'Rigoletto' by Giuseppe Verdi takes place in Venice.
Day of Week 27th » First reported sighting of the Yosemite Valley by Europeans.
Famous Birthdays on March in 1851
4th » Alexandros Papadiamantis, Greek author (d. 1911)
15th » John Sebastian Little, American politician, 21st Governor of Arkansas (d. 1916)
15th » William Mitchell Ramsay, Scottish archaeologist and scholar (d. 1939)
16th » Martinus Beijerinck, Dutch microbiologist and botanist (d. 1931)
19th » William Henry Stark, American businessman (d. 1936)
27th » Ruperto Chapí, Spanish composer, co-founded Sociedad General de Autores y Editores (d. 1909)
28th » Bernardino Machado, Portuguese politician, 8th President of Portugal (d. 1944)
Famous Deaths for March 1851
4th » James Richardson (explorer of the Sahara) or James Richardson, English explorer (b. 1809)
9th » Hans Christian Ørsted, Danish physicist (b. 1777)
11th » George McDuffie, American politician, 55th Governor of South Carolina (b. 1790)